Bloomer Girl
- Released on
- Runtime
- 76 mins
In 1956, BLOOMER GIRL was presented in a live television production starring the magnificent Barbara Cook, whose star was then on the rise, with leading roles in CANDIDE and THE MUSIC MAN still in her future. A solid success when it opened on Broadway in 1944, BLOOMER GIRL boasts a glorious score by the legendary team of Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg (THE WIZARD OF OZ). The book by Fred Saidy is set at the brink of the Civil War and addresses issues of women's equality (priorities were the right to vote and to wear bloomers, a liberating alternative to hoop skirts) and racial equality.
In 1956, BLOOMER GIRL was presented in a live television production starring the magnificent Barbara Cook, whose star was then on the rise, with leading roles in CANDIDE and THE MUSIC MAN still in her future. A solid success when it opened on Broadway in 1944, BLOOMER GIRL boasts a glorious score by the legendary team of Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg (THE WIZARD OF OZ). The book by Fred Saidy is set at the brink of the Civil War and addresses issues of women's equality (priorities were the right to vote and to wear bloomers, a liberating alternative to hoop skirts) and racial equality.
Cast
- Barbara Cook
- Keith Andes
- Carmen Mathews
- Paul Ford
- Rawn Spearman
- Nydia Westman
- Patricia Hammerlee
- Brock Peters
- Dorothy Lang
- Margot Moser
- Peggy O'Hara
- Elise Rhodes
- Paula Stewart
- Heywood Hale Broun
- Paul McGrath
- Frank Overton
- Jack Russell
- Danny Scholl
- James Mitchell
- Lidija Franklin
- Betty Low
- Emy St. Just
Director
- Alex Segal
Producers
- Alex Segal
